Sandy’s Three Can 10 Minute Chili

Very easy, and quite good!

1 pd ground beef or turkey browned

1 large onion or ½ cup dried onion

1 15 oz can kidney beans with liquid

1 15 oz can stewed tomatoes (can use the ro-tel or Mexican, this will make it spicer)

1 15 oz can tomato sauce

1 tbsp chili powder

¼ tsp cumin

1 pinch cloves

1 pinch cinnamon

2 cloves of garlic

1 tsp sugar

1 tbsp Worchester sauce

2 bay leaves

Mix add together, simmer for at least 20-30 minutes, remove bay leaves and serve. Great over potatoes, and this freezes well.

Southwestern Nachos

This recipe is in it's original form. I always 1/2 it! The way the pork roast is done w/the apple juice, garlic and bbq sauce is amazing! It's now the only way we do bbq meat in the crockpot!

Kyle and I eat almost the whole pan of this in one sitting. My kids don't overly love it, but that's okay.. there's always cold cereal!

2 boneless whole pork loin roasts (3 ½ lbs each)

1 c unsweetened apple juice

6 garlic cloves, minced

1 tsp salt

1 tsp liquid smoke

2 ½ c bbq sauce, divided

1/3 c packed brown sugar

2 tbsp honey

1 pkg 11 oz tortilla chips

1 ½ c frozen corn

1 can black beans, rinsed, drained

1 med tomato, seeded, chopped

1 med red onion

1/3 cup minced fresh cilantro

1 jalapeno pepper, seeded, chopped

2 tsp lime juice

1 pkg (16 oz) velveeta, cubed

2 tbsp milk

Cut each roast in ½, place in two 5 qt. slow cookers. Combine apple juice, garlic, salt & liquid smoke. Pour over meat. Cover and cook on low 7-8 hours. Shred w/forks, place in large bowl. Stir in 2 cups BBQ sauce, brown sugar & honey. Divide tortilla chips between 2 greased 9x13” top w/pork mixture. Combine corn, beans, tomato, onion, cilantro, jalapeno, &lime juice. Spoon over pork mixture. Bake, uncovered, at 375 for 15-20 min. In sauce pan, melt cheese w/milk, Drizzle sauce and remaining sauce over nachos.

Angie’s Bake Potato Soup

This is so good! We eat it a lot during the winter!

1 lb bacon

1 onion

4 celery stocks, sliced

5-7 potatoes

Cook bacon, add everything else and sauté. Cover with enough water to cover potatoes and boil until soft. Add:

1 pint whipping cream

1 lb velveeta

8 oz Mexican Cheese

Season with Morton Nature’s Seasons Seasoning Blend

Taco Bake

This is one of those recipes that don't look very good at all, but it always gets devoured! Definitely only really tasty, though, with the salsa and crumbled chips on top!

1 pkg Kraft deluxe Mac & Cheese Dinner

1 lb ground beef

1 pkg taco seasoning

¾ cup water

¾ cup sour cream

1 ½ cups cheddar cheese, divided

1 cup salsa

Tortilla chips, crumbled

Preheat oven to 400. Prepare dinner a directed on package. While macaroni is cooking, brown meat; drain. Add taco seasoning mix and water to meat; simmer 5 minutes. Stir sour cream into prepared Diner. Spoon half of the dinner mixture into 8” square baking dish; top with layers of the meat mixture; 1 cup of the cheese and remaining Dinner mixture. Cover. Bake 15 minutes. Top with salsa, crumbled chips, and remaining ½ cup cheese. Bake, uncovered, and additional 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Applebee’s Baby Back Ribs

3 racks ribs (or any meat)

1 cup ketchup

¼ c apple cider vinegar

3 tbsp dark brown sugar

3 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1/4 tsp liquid smoke

1/2 tsp salt

Bake 375 or broil 7-8 min on each side

Easiest Brownies Ever! (and so good, too!)

4 eggs

2 cup sugar

1 ¾ cubes butter

Mix and add:

1 ½ cup flour

1/3 cup cocoa

Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes

Sue's Pumpkin Roll

This is a precious recipe to me. My friend's mom, Sue, always made this each fall. I spent 1/2 my life at their house and was there on numerous occasions to watch her make it and then taste it! She passed away when I was a senior in High School. I guess her memory makes this taste even better each time I make it.

3 eggs

2/3 cup pumpkin

1 tsp lemon juice

1 cut nuts (optional)

1 cup sugar

½ tsp salt

¾ cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ginger

½ tsp nutmeg

Beat eggs 5 minutes. Gradually add sugar, stir in pumpkin and lemon juice. Stir in remaining ingredients and bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Grease and flour cookie sheet. Bake and let cool until WARM. Put onto a baking towel sprinkled with powdered sugar. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top as well. Roll up. Leave for 20 to 30 minutes (enough so that it will sit like that on its own). Unroll. Spread filling on thick, roll back up. Refrigerate.

Filling:

1 cup powdered sugar

6 oz cream cheese

4 tbsp butter

½ tsp vanilla

Beat until smooth

World’s Best Cookies

The title says it all on this one... a winner every time!

Mix

1 c white sugar

1 c brown sugar

1 c shortening

Add

2 eggs

1 cup milk

1 tsp cinnamon

½ tsp nutmeg

1 tsp vanilla

Add

2 ½ c flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 ¼ tsp salt

3 ½ c oats

1 bag choc chips

1 bag butterscotch chips

1 bag coconut

Bake 15 minutes at 350

Blueberry Dessert

This is one of my very favorite desserts!

1 white cake mix

1 ¼ cup quick cooking oats

½ cup butter or margarine

½ cup chopped nuts

1 egg

¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar

½ tsp cinnamon

21 oz can blueberry pie filling

Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9x13 pan. In large bowl combine cake mix, 1 cup oats, and 6 tbsp margarine. Cut it in until crumbly. Reserve 1 cup crumbs for topping. To remaining crumbs blend in egg. Press in prepared pan. Bake for 12 minutes. Meanwhile, to reserved crumbs add remaining ¼ cup oats, 2 tbsp margarine, nuts and sugar and cinnamon. Beat til well mixed. Spread base with pie filling. Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool completely. Refrigerate.

The best, softest Sugar Cookies ever

1 c. sugar

2 eggs

½ cup shortening

1 cup sour cream

1 ½ tsp vanilla

1 tsp salt

2 tsp baking powder

4 c. flour

Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs, beat well. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with sour cream and vanilla. Mix well. Roll 1/8” thick on floured surface. Bake at 350 degrees for 7-8 minutes.

Frito Lay Salad – Elisha Style

1 pkg Corn Chips

1 red onion, chopped

1 tomato, seeded, chopped

1 can kidney beans, rinsed

1 green pepper, chopped

French dressing poured over until covered. Eat immediately

Frito Lay Salad- Missy Style

1 pkg Corn Chips

1 bunch green onions, chopped

1 tomato, seeded chopped

1 can kidney beans, rinsed

Catalina poured over until covered. Eat immediately

Spinach Salad

1 bunch Spinach, washed, dried and broken up

1 head iceberg lettuce, washed, dried and broken up

1 pint cottage cheese, drained and rinsed

½ - 1 lb Swiss cheese grated

½ - 1 lb cooked, crumbled bacon

1 red onion, chopped

Dressing

1 cup oil

½ cup sugar

½ cup cider vinegar

1 tsp salt

1 tsp dry mustard

2 tsp poppy seeds

Make dressing night before. Just before serving, shake and pour over salad

Heidi's version of Fresh Salsa

1 package of Concord Foods Salsa Powder Mix (at Winco/Smiths/Walmart)

1 Mexican stewed tomatoes

1 petite diced tomatoes can

3-5 Roma tomatoes

¼ of green pepper (opt)

½ small can olives (opt)

1 bunch Green onions

1 bunch Cilantro

Put 2 cans of tomatoes in blender. Add salsa packet, add big cut up chunks of cilantro/green onions. Blend until all chopped up (usually have to stop it midway and use a spoon to push down the cilantro/onions). Add big chunks of fresh tomatoes and blend for a few seconds (until consistency you prefer). Keep refrigerated.

Amazinginly Easy Hamburger Rollup

Surprisingly better than it looks! It's one of our favorites!

Ingredients:

1 roll of Pillsbury refrigerated pizza dough

1 lb hamburger

1 bunch green onions

Crumbled bacon

Shredded cheese

Directions:

Cook hamburger in pan. When almost done, add the bacon and chopped up green onions. Meanwhile, open pizza dough and roll out to a bigger rectangle (I do it the size of my rectangular Pampered Chef baking stone). Take cooked meat and spread it all across the pizza dough. Sprinkle with cheese (amount to your liking). Roll up the long side to the other long side. Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes.

If wanted, when you take it out, spread a little margarine on top and sprinkle with Lawry's Seasoning Salt (our favorite seasoning)

Enjoy with ketchup and mustard!

Slow-Cooker Lasagna

For how easy this is and that it is in the crockpot you should definitely try it. Just add extra seasonings that you like.

From Kraft Foods

Prep Time: 15 min
Total Time: 6 hr 15 min
Makes: 8 servings

What You Need!
1 lb. ground beef
1 jar (26 oz.) spaghetti sauce
1 cup water
1 container (15 oz.) BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Ricotta Cheese (I always use cottage cheese)
1 pkg. (7 oz.) KRAFT 2% Milk Shredded Mozzarella Cheese, divided
1/4 cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese, divided
1 egg
2 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley
6 lasagna noodles, uncooked

Make It!
BROWN meat in large skillet; drain. Stir in spaghetti sauce and water. Mix ricotta, 1-1/2 cups mozzarella, 2 Tbsp. Parmesan, egg and parsley.

SPOON 1 cup meat sauce into slow cooker; top with layers of half each of the noodles, broken to fit; and cheese mixture. Cover with 2 cups meat sauce. Top with remaining noodles, broken to fit; cheese mixture and meat sauce. Cover with lid.

COOK on LOW 4 to 6 hours or until liquid is absorbed. Sprinkle with remaining cheeses; let stand, covered, 10 min. or until melted.

Note: Recipe was successfully tested in 4-, 5- and 6-qt. slow cookers. For best results, do not cook on the HIGH heat setting.

Make Ahead: If your slow cooker has a removable liner, layer ingredients in liner as directed. Refrigerate overnight. Place liner in slow cooker the next day and cook as directed.